Reel control



May 12, 1942.

c. T. BREMILLER REEL CONTROL Filed April 29, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE REEL CONTROL Charles Thomas Bremiller, Utica, N. Y.

Application April 23, 1340, Serial No. 332,153

2 Claims.

My invention relates to a reel control and I deelare the following to bea full, clear, concise and exact description thereof suicient to enableam'- one skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which likereference characters refer to like parts throughout the specication.

The object of the invention is to provide a device for controlling theactuation of the reel when it is desired to pull in the shing line. Thecontrol is disposed on the grip of the fishing rod, whereby the shermancan hold the pole in one hand and actuate the reel with the thumb of thesame hand thereby leaving his other hand free to work the line ifdesired. The attachment can be fitted to any automatic reel.

The object will be understood by referring to the drawing in which,

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of the fishing rod with the reel controlattached, parts being broken away.

Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of Fig. 1, parts being shown infull.

Fig. 3 is a detail view showing a perspective of the reel controlmechanism shown apart from its connection with the shing line.

Fig. 4 is a detail enlarged view showing a perspective of a sleeveemployed.

Fig. 5 is a detail view drawn to somewhat smaller scale showing a planeview of a portion of the reel employed.

Referring more particularly to the drawing bamboo part of a fishing rodis shown at I to which is attached in the usual manner cork grip 2.There extends from the rear part of cork grip 2 the reel holder 3 havinga wooden sleeve 4, a metal member 5 provided with external threads 3 anda ring locking member l mounted to travel thereon. To this end it hasinternal threads 3 the fishing line thereon and when dropped down intofull line position shown in Fig. 1 it automatically stops the -rotationof the winding spool.

Brake arm I8 has its inner end bent at right angles at I3. The verticalextended part 23 forms a T which projects upward through a suitableorice 2l made in easing 22 of reel II, whereby to hold said brake arm I3in position contiguous to the upper surface of disc 23 of spool I1. Aleather brake band 24 is wound around arm I3 and contacts with the uppersurface of said dise 23 of line spool I1.

A spring 21 fastened to the underside of the upper surface of casing 22ls doubled back upon itself. Its free end rests on the upper surface ofbrake arm I3 to hold said brake band 24 on arm I8 normally against theupper side of the upper surface of disc 23, whereby to hold spool I1from turning under the influence of spring 23.

Spool I'I is of the conventional kind. It is rotated in one direction byspring 23 which in fastened at one end to the easing of cup shapedmember 33 and at the other to central hub 32 mounted to turn within cup,shaped member 30.

A the peripheral edge of flange 3|. Said teeth are for a portion of itswidth. It also has a smooth of the conventional type. Brake arm I3 isdisposed adjacent and just above line spool I1. It is adapted whenelevated to allow the automatic Winding spool I'I to rotate, whereby towind up engaged by a spring pressed pawl 33, which is pivoted at 31 tothe lower part 33 of casing 22, whereby to prevent said spool I1 fromturning in 7 one direction or in a direction which would permit spring23 to unwind. Said pawl 36 projects beyond casing 22 through a suitableaperture 33 therein, whereby it can be rocked by the operators finger torelease cup shaped member 33 and thereby allow it to turn under tensionof spring 23, if desired, to run down condition.

The means for winding up said spring 23 embodies the cup shaped member30 having hub 32 mounted to turn therein as stated above. It has acentral annular aperture at on one side, whereby to engage the flat.portion of central shaft 33, whereby said shaft 35 will turn with hub32. Spool II has a central hub member 46 mounted on shaft 33. A pinion43 is mounted on disc 23 and turns with spool I'I. Pinion 40 engages aspur gear 4I mounted to turn on a pivot 42 carried in a tight bearing incasing 22. Another pinion 43 is mounted" above on spur gear 4I and turnstherewith. Said pinion 43 engages another spur gear 44 mounted to turnwith shaft 39, whereby the turning of said shaft 39 by spring 29 will`rotate spool I1 through the train of gears above mentioned, namely,gear 44, pinion 43, spur gear 4I, and pinion 40 to wind line 45 thereonas is well known in the art and herein set forth to explain the controlmechanism of the brake arm I8.

The means for controlling the release of brake arm I8 to allow spool I1to rotate, whereby to wind in said fishing line 45 embodies a hanger 50which iits into a loose guide way 5I formed by cutting away or back intobead 52 of metal member 5. Furthermore, a recess 58 is made in hanger 58to allow for the projection of bamboo I of the fishing rod.

The lower portion of hanger 50 is recessed also at 95 for the projectionof the extended part 59 of brake arm I8. A set screw 51 is mounted to athreaded aperture in the enlarged part 58 of hanger 59, whereby to allowfor adjustability and to hold the arm I8 rigidly against the centralpart 59 of hanger 50.

The means for actuating hanger 50 upward in a vertical plane embodies acam 90 formed integral and at right angles to its shank 9|. Cam 99engages hanger 50 adjacent the open rectangular shaped recess 92 formedin the upper portion of said hanger 50.

Shank 9| extends forward of the fishing rod and is disposed in acountersunk recess 93 made in the upper surface of bamboo I surroundedby cork grip 2. A clip 95 is wound around and fastened to the forwardend of shank 9|. The free ends 99, 99 of clip 95 extends upward throughgrip 2 kand through an aperture in thumb plate 91. Moreover, countersunkrecess 93 is deepened at 98, whereby to clear the lower part of clip 65.

The free ends 99 are bent down on the upper surface of plate 91hereinafter mentioned, whereby to cause shank 9| and its cam 90 to movewith the motion of said plate 91. Thumb plate 91 is formed on the arc ofa circle and has a sliding fit in a correspondingly curved recess 99made in the top of cork grip 2. A recess 10 is made in grip 2 beneaththumb plate 91 suiiiciently long, whereby to allow for the longitudinalmovement of clip 95. Moreover, a rubber pad 1| is cemented or otherwisesecured to the upper surface of plate 91 to increase the friction orgrip of rthe thumb thereon, when moving said plate 91.

The operation of the reel control is easily effected by the fishermanwith the thumb of the hand that is grasping the grip 2. Assuming thefisherman has caught a fish and wishes to wind the fishing line in onreel II.- He will press down and to the rear or right shown in Figs. 1and 2, whereby shank 9| and its cam 60 will be moved to the right insaid Figs. 1 and 2 or dotted line position shown in Fig. 2. Cam 90 willengage hanger at recess 92 and sliding thereunder will elevate hanger 50in a vertical plane. Inasmuch as the lower part of hanger 58 is inengagement with brake arm I8, said brake arm I8 will be elevated,whereby the leather brake band 24 will be elevated off of arm I8 torelease spool I1 which will rotate under the influence of spring 29 andthereby draw in the fishing line 45. Immediately the fisherman desiresto stop reeling in line 45, he will move his thumb forward or to theleft shown in Figs. 1 and 2 or into full line position shown in Fig. 2,whereupon cam will be moved to lower position from under hanger 50 andthereby allow brake arm I8 under the niiuence of spring 21 to drawhanger 50 downward to normal position. In this latter position leatherbrake band 24 will contact again the upper surface of disc 23 andthereby stop the rotation of line spool I1.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is as follows:

1. In a reel control having a brake arm, a member having a recess forthe projection of said brake arm, a screw mounted in said member forholding said brake arm in adjustable relation with said first namedmember, a cam member for engaging said first named member, a shankmounted to said cam member, a finger plate secured to said shank,whereby the movement of said finger plate will actuate said first namedmember to release the lbrake member.

2. In a reel control having a brake arm, a vertically movable member forengaging said brake arm, a recess formed in said vertically movablemember for the projection of vsaid brake arm, a set screw mounted insaid vertically movable member for holding said vertically movablemember in adjustable relation to said brake arm, a second recess formedin said first named member for the projection of a cam member, a shankmounted to said cam member, a finger plate secured to said shank,whereby the movement of said finger plate will actuate said first namedmember to release the brake member.

CHARLES THOMAS BREMILLER.

